Bekir Bozdag

Turkey: Post failed coup, democracy is giving way to consolidation of absolute power

In the wake of the coup attempt, an anti-coup stance has become a unifying force for different political factions in Turkey.

Turkey-US relations at stake if Gulen, the 15 July coup master-mind does not extradite

The Turkish-US relations could be affected if Washington does not extradite cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara accuses of being behind the 15 July coup attempt, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.

Turkey lifts ban on head scarf, secularists say govt pushing Islamic agenda

The ban, whose roots date back almost 90 years to the early days of the Turkish Republic, has kept many women from joining the public work force, but secularists see its abolition as evidence of the government pushing an Islamic agenda.